Garment hanger



' Nov. 14, 1939. AB. TAMMEN 2,180,263

GARMENT HANGER Filed May 10, 1937 ATTORNEYQ Patented Nov. 14, 1939UNITED STATES ?!rs-1vr OFFiTCE for retaining and gripping the out? oftrousers suspended from the hanger.

A further object is to provide a garment hanger whereby the trousers aresuspendedby engagement of the cuff ends between a pair of clampingmembers, said members being so designed as to extend inwardly to form anadded supporting feature.

The invention will be fully and comprehensively understood from aconsideration of the following detailed description when read'inconnection with the accompanying drawing which forms part of theapplication.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a top plan view of one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side'elevational view illustrating the coat and trousershanger in its preferred form.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken substantially on line 3-3of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the hanger illustrated in Fig. 2, taken on line44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 is a front elevational view of a second modified form of theinvention; and

Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the hanger illustrated in Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawing for a more detailed description thereof, thehanger illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a pair of arms 10 and Hfor supporting the shoulder portions of a coat in the usual manner. Byreferring to Fig. 1 it will be noted that each arm l0 and H is formed ofa single strip of wire or similar material forming looped portions l2 atthe outer ends thereof and reduced looped portions 13 at the inner ends.The free ends of the wire are twisted or coiled at M. The loopedportions 53 are swingably mounted by engagement in the loops l5 formedintegral with the cross member It and within said member is a centralloop i! from which extends a supending hook i 8. Referring to Fig. 2, itwill be noted that the free ends of the member !6 are twisted about thedepending members I 9 and the free ends 20 thereof bent for engagementwith the reduced ends of the arms 10 and I I. When the ends 2d are inengagement with the reduced ends of the arms 10 and 1 I said arms arefrictionally held in latched position but by exerting an upward pull oneach of the arms the same are adapted to be readily disengaged forswinging upwardly, at which time they will pivot about the loops $5. Theupward movement "of the arms it and H is occasionally necessary whenpositioning the trousers within their supporting means, to be laterdescribed. As aforeindicated, I a pair of arms M are suspended from themember iii and said arms support the-trousers hanger indicated generallyby the numeral-2i. By referring to Fig. 4 it will be noted that the armsH! are substantially U-shaped and the free ends thereof support thetrouserhanger 2|. The hanger 2! is preferably formed of two parts andincludes ccmplemental frame members 22 and 23, said frame members beingsubstantially rectangular shaped and having a plurality of transversebars 24 forming a part; thereof. In the preferred. form of the in:vention the frame and bars are formed of wire and said bars may beattached to the frame by any desired means such as soldering or thelike.

Referring to Fig. 4, it will be noted that the lower ends of the frames22 and 23 are tapered as indicated at 25, and extending across thetapered ends are the transverse bars 26. When using the hanger 2! forsupporting trousers, the same are suspended by the cuffs thereof andsaid cuffs are received within the enlarged area 2'! as defined by thecross bars 24. The reduced end 25 and transverse bars 26 engage beneaththe edge of the cuff so as to doubly assure the retention of thetrousers within the hanger. It will be readily noted that should thegripping of the trousers be reduced at the area 21, the reduced portion25 and bars 26 will prevent the total dislodgment of the trousers fromthe hanger.

For locking the members 22 and 23 together there is provided on each ofthe U-shaped arms I9 a slidable ring 28 movable thereon to increase ordecrease the tension of the membersin the usual manner of trouserhangers. A series of projections 29 are provided on the arms i9 forengagement with the ring 23 to retain the same in its adjusted position.

From the above description it will be readily apparent that there isprovided a garment hanger adapted to support a coat and trousersthereon. The coat supporting arms are adapted to be swung upwardly whenpositioning :the trousers within its hanger 2|. After positioning thetrousers the arms In and H are swung downwardly to support the coat andby means of the ends 20 said arms are frictionally held.

To accommodate the bulging seams in the cufis of trousers, thetransverse bars 24 are pressed outwardly as indicated at in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing.

In Figs. 5 and 6 there is disposed a modified form of the inventionwhich is directed particularly to a trouser hanger in which thesupporting members are formed preferably of sheet metal. Thecomplemental members 3| and 32 are of substantially the same size as thetrouser cuffs and have attached thereto arms 33 which extend upwardlyand converge into a suspending book 34. The members 3| and 32 arecompressed by means of the ring 35 slidable on the arms 33 in the mannerpreviously described. Referring to Fig. 6, it will be noted that theends of the members 3| and 32 converge inwardly to conform to the shapeof the cufis and the portions 36 will engage beneath the cufi to assureits support.

In Figs. 7 and 8 there is disclosed the second modified form of theinvention in which the arms 3! extend downwardly thru the cuff-engagingportion 38 and are bent to form complemental members adapted to fitbeneath the edge of the cuff of the trousers. As in the other forms ofthe invention, these loop-shaped ends 39 serve as a secondary means forsupporting the trousers and to prevent the same from becoming totallydislodged even tho the clamps: 38 become loosened.

It is to be understood that this improvement is capable of extendedapplication and is not confined to the exact showing of the drawing norto the precise construction described and, therefore, such changes andmodifications may be madetherein as do not affect the spirit of theinvention nor exceed the scope thereof as expressed in the appendedclaims.

What is claimed as new is:

1. In a trousers hanger, suspension members movable toward and away fromeach other, a plurality of sets of cooperative clamping members carriedby said suspension members respectively to clamp the cuff ends oftrousers therebetween,

.one of said sets of clamping members having portions which engagebeneath the cuffs, while the cuffs are pressed between another set ofclamping members, to aid in supporting the trousers, and means whichcooperates with said suspension members toretain all of said sets ofclamping members in clamping engagement with the cuff ends.

2. In a trousers hanger, a plurality of sets of cooperative clampingmembers for clamping therebetween the cuff ends of trousers, a first setof members having an ofiset formation near the center thereof adapted toaccommodate seam portions of said cuffs, and a second set of clampingmembers carried on said first set and having inwardly directed portionsadapted to engage beneath the cuffs while said cuff ends are pressedbetween said first set of clamping-members, and means adapted to retainall of said sets of members in clamping engagement with said cufi ends.

ALBERT B. TAMNIEN.

